WEST VIRGINIA CODE

(b) "Dwelling" means any building, structure or portion
thereof which is occupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy
as, a residence or sleeping place by one or more persons or
families and any vacant land which is offered for sale or lease for
the construction or location thereon of any such building,
structure or portion thereof;

(c) "Family" includes a single individual;

(d) "Person" includes one or more individuals, corporations,
partnerships, associations, labor organizations, legal
representatives, mutual companies, joint-stock companies, trusts,
unincorporated organizations, trustees, trustees in cases under
Title 11 of the United States Code, receivers and fiduciaries;

(e) "To rent" includes to lease, to sublease, to let and
otherwise to grant for a consideration the right to occupy premises
not owned by the occupant;

(f) "Discriminatory housing practice" means an act that is
unlawful under section five, six, seven or nineteen of this
article;

(g) "Disability" means, with respect to a person:

(1) A physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more of the person's major life activities;

(2) A record of having such an impairment; or

(3) Being regarded as having such an impairment, but the term
does not include current, illegal use of or addiction to a
controlled substance, as defined in Section 102 of the Controlled
Substances Act, Title 21, United States Code, Section 802;

(h) "Aggrieved person" includes any person who:

(1) Claims to have been injured by a discriminatory housing
practice; or

(2) Believes that the person will be injured by a
discriminatory housing practice that is about to occur;

(i) "Complainant" means the person, including the commission,
who files a complaint under section eleven of this article;

(j) "Familial status" means:

(1) One or more individuals who have not attained the age of
eighteen years being domiciled with:

(A) A parent or another person having legal custody of the
individual or individuals; or

(B) The designee of the parent or other person having custody
of the individual with the written permission of the parent or
other person; or

(2) Any person who is pregnant or is in the process of
securing legal custody of any individual who has not attained the
age of eighteen years;

(k) "Conciliation" means the attempted resolution of issues
raised by a complaint or by the investigation of the complaint
through informal negotiations involving the aggrieved person, the
respondent and the commission;

(l) "Conciliation agreement" means a written agreement setting
forth the resolution of the issues in conciliation;

(m) "Respondent" means:

(1) The person or other entity accused in a complaint of an
unfair housing practice; and

(2) Any other person or entity identified in the course of
investigation and notified as required with respect to respondents
identified under subsection (a), section eleven of this article;

(n) The term "rooming house" means a house or building where
there are one or more bedrooms which the proprietor can spare for
the purpose of giving lodgings to persons he or she chooses to
receive; and

(o) The term "basic universal design" means the design of
products and environments to be useable by all people, to the
greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or
specialization.

(p) "Assistance animal" means any service, therapy or support
animal, weighing less than one hundred fifty pounds, with or
without specific training or certification, that works, provides
assistance, or performs tasks for the benefit of a person with a disability, or provides emotional support that alleviate one or
more identified symptoms or effects of a person's disability.

Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2016 Regular Session
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